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NATHANIEL ROBERT ROSE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1945 – January 4, 1968
Service recordNathaniel Robert Rose, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY II FF
- Born
- May 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B BTRY 5 BN 2 ARTY II FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 41
- DWIGHT FRANCIS RANDSergeant · January 4, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD SIMONSSergeant · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANCIS FUHRMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 36
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.